Past events
Mingus, Monk & More: Friends of the School of Music fund-raising jazz concert
Entertainment
Bookings are now open for the Friends of the School of Music fund-raising jazz concert, Mingus, Monk & More. The format will be similar to last year, with a cabaret feel and cash bar in the room. There will be tables at the front for the first 30-35 bookings, with numbered allocated seating…
Lunchbox: David Worrall
Entertainment
A wonderful way to spend your lunchtime break, don’t miss our FREE Lunchbox performances in Semester Two! Thursday, 27 August features a special performance with our Distinguished Artist in Residence for 2015 - Dr David Worrall. David Worrall (b. 1954, Australia) is Adjunct Senior Research…
Repertoire as intertext: The review, Shakespeare, and celebrity in the case of Cathcart vs. Brooke (1855)
Seminar
Presented as part of the SLLL LSSS seminar series. In 1855 a sensational contractual dispute between actor Fanny Cathcart and actor manager Gustavas Vaughan Brooke hit the Melbourne press. After playing opposite Brooke during the first six months of his Australia tour, Cathcart took up an offer…
Herbert & Valmae Freilich Foundation annual lecture in bigotry and tolerance 2015 'Beyond Social Justice'
Lecture
The idea of social justice is not new when we are talking about education. What is new and increasingly urgent in the light of an unstable world and regressive government policies and changes to the law in this country is the need to reframe the discourse from social justice to human rights. My…
2015 Schuman Lecture. The European Union’s climate and energy policy, a driver for growth and innovation.
Lecture
Please note change of venue to Molonglo Theatre, Level 2 JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU. Why does the European Union continue to set ambitious climate targets, go further in pricing CO2 emissions and strengthening low-carbon regulation and standards, notwithstanding its…
Turkish Foreign Policy, The Middle East and the JDP
Lecture
Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East under the Justice and Development Party - in reality - means the foreign policy of Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the former prime minister and the president since 2014. In this lecture Barış Doster reflects on Turkey's foreign…
2015 Schuman Lecture: The European Union’s Climate and Energy Policy, a driver for growth and innovation
Lecture/seminar
Why does the European Union continue to set ambitious climate targets, go further in pricing CO2 emissions and strengthening low-carbon regulation and standards, notwithstanding its economic crisis? How is this being perceived by citizens, cities and businesses? Are there…